Thanks Olivier.
I have accepted all the tracked changes.
With regards to the remarks in yellow comments:
* Some blank cells in the tables are assumed to imply that the HSQLDB
and Firebird functions are equivalent. It is suggested that we
populate such cells with the word "idem". I agree that the current
blank cells are not ideal. However, I am not convinced that the
situation is improved by simply populating an empty cell with such a
string, without actually making sure that the functions are truly
equivalent. I think that such work is beyond the scope of this
update and should be postponed until we have time to properly check
the information in this appendix.
* There are blank cells in the description of some Firebird entries in
the Operators and statements section. These could be populated using
information on referenced web pages.Again I agree but the effort
involved is beyond the scope of the update planned at this
iteration. We would also need to be careful to use the correct
Firebird information - the referenced pages relate to Firebird 4,
whereas LO currently uses Firebird 3.0.7.
Looking ahead I think that this appendix would be better removed from
the BG and transferred to a wiki page which could utilise hyperlinks to
the correct information on the HSQLDB and Firebird websites,
highlighting differences between the two.
Regards,
Steve
On 28/01/2022 00:21, Olivier Hallot wrote:
I reviewed the Appendix B and here are my findings. Track changes are ON.
1) Added Heading2 between the tables to better split them and have a
way to access the tables from the TOC
2) Filled some blank cells in the tables (a few only actually)
3) Some remarks in yellow comments...
The comparison is extensive, and may require continuous update. The
plan is to phase-out HSQLDB and stick with Firebird, so it is possible
that this appendix will go away in the future. However, LO is late in
Firebird implementation and Firebird is recommended for new databases
only.
I'm also reviewing Help pages on Base and discovering a set of
outdated contents, which will require some effort to update. I plan to
jump between my findings in Help and BG.
Kind regards
Olivier
Em 26/01/2022 12:25, Olivier Hallot escreveu:
Hello Steve
I'm taking Appendix B for review.
I'll return on Monday 31st or sooner.
regards
Olivier
Em 26/01/2022 10:26, Steve Fanning escreveu:
Hello everybody,
I have placed three updated files in the relevant NextCloud folder:
* BG7310-DatabaseMaintenance_SF_26Jan2022.odt
* BG7311-AppendixA-CommonDatabaseTasks_SF_26Jan2022.odt
* BG7312-AppendixB-CompareHSQLDBAndFirebird_SF_26Jan2022
These three files are now in the 7.3 template, include captions for
figures and tables, and have a little less negativity in the text
(e.g., less use of the word "unfortunately"; etc).
With regards to Appendix B, I had to implement the modifications
with track changes off - I tried to use track changes but it proved
impossible due to the re-structuring of tables that was needed. The
files for Chapter 10 and Appendix A were updated with track changes on.
None of these three are scheduled for significant updates at this
issue. Please could somebody review the figure / table captions, and
any other tracked changes to make sure I haven’t done anything stupid?
Regards,
Steve
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